7/20/2025 Double Take: Priorities

This week we continue our Double Take Series of Sermons with our wonderful pastors, Rev. Katelyn Gordon Cooke and Rev. Andy Cooke.  During a recent conversation with some Covenant youth, one of the teenagers said this about their sibling: "Sometimes it's hard to believe we're related. We're just so different." I imagine some of you reading this email have had that thought about your own sibling or others siblings you know. Just because we share DNA and grow up in the same family doesn't mean that we're necessarily alike in personality or preferences.

The differences between sisters Mary and Martha are front and center in this week's gospel reading from Luke. When Jesus comes to visit them, Martha goes into super-hostess mode while Mary sits at Jesus' feet and listens to his teachings. In this week's Double Take sermon where Andy and I each preach a brief sermon on the same Scripture passage, we'll share two perspectives on what these two sisters can teach us about what it looks like to be faithful.